“I want to be able to pick from all of our best players, obviously, but we’re very fortunate in that we’ve got good goalkeepers and I was perfectly comfortable with Boaz Myhill going in and with Luke Daniels on the bench," said Irvine.

“They are very good goalkeepers as well. Of course Ben is a top goalkeeper. He’s an England international, but I didn’t lose too much sleep knowing we had Boaz. I think Boaz came in and did very well.

“Will Ben get his place back? That’s a hard one. Nobody is automatically in the team. The fact is players have to perform well and if they do they give me big decisions to make.”